OpenVMS System Manager's Manual

This document provides essential instructions and concepts for managing an OpenVMS system. It is part of a task-oriented guide aimed at system managers. Key topics covered include:

• System Management Utilities and Tools: Provides general information on utilizing tools like DCL commands, system messages, command procedures, and the System Management Utility (SYSMAN) to centralize management. It also covers using OPCOM (Operator Communication Manager) for user communication and VMSKITBLD.COM to modify system disks.
• Software Installation, Upgrades, and Updates: Details the concepts and procedures for using VMSINSTAL.COM to install and update operating system and layered product software.
• System Startup and Shutdown: Explains the booting and startup processes, managing startup command procedures, and performing orderly or emergency system shutdowns.
• Customizing the Operating System: Covers managing optional files, modifying startup and login procedures, customizing startup databases, registering images with system version dependencies, and managing help message databases.
• Managing User Accounts: Describes the User Authorization File (UAF), how to add/modify/delete accounts, manage mail accounts, and set resource limits and priorities.
• Managing Peripheral Devices: Covers hardware device information, connecting devices, and managing terminals and printers.
• Managing Storage Media: Provides concepts for managing disks and tapes, including initializing and mounting volumes, setting up volume sets, managing disk space (quotas), and recovering disks (mount verification and bad block location).
• Using BACKUP: Details formulating backup strategies, backing up and restoring user disks, backing up and restoring system disks, ensuring data integrity, and troubleshooting backup operations.
• Security Considerations: Outlines managing passwords, break-in detection, protecting objects (UIC-based and ACL-based protection), and auditing security-relevant events.
• Managing Queues: Describes the batch and print queuing system, including the queue manager and database, managing queues, and common troubleshooting for printer and queue issues.